Visions for a Sustainable World: Science, Technology, and Social Responsibility

Student Pugwash, an international organization for undergraduate science students interested in science and society interactions, developed and implemented a working group within the 7th biennial Student Pugwash USA Conference on 'Ethics and the Use of Genetic Information on June 14-20, 1992. They will follow up the conference with related activities at campus chapters. The working group on Ethics and the Use of Genetic Information was one of the dedicated groups that met every day of the six-day conference to explore specific issues in depth. The working group was composed of four senior professionals and 15 undergraduate college students competitively selected on the basis of original research papers written on ELSI issues, which will subsequently be published. Follow up activities include a chapter organizing workshop, and two regional chapter meetings dedicated to fostering the discussion of HGP and ELSI issues in local Student Pugwash chapters and organizing HGP-related events on their campuses.